Chester Fire Department

06/02/2026

Starting today the City of Chester will start testing the CodeRed emergency alert system at 10AM. If you have not signed up yet please follow this link to sign up.

https://www.chesterill.com/codeRed

06/02/2026

Outdoor Warning Sirens will be tested at 10AM this morning Tuesday June 2nd. The Sirens are tested monthly on the first Tuesday of each month at 10AM. The test will be canceled if inclement weather is possible.

05/05/2026

The Outdoor Warning Siren test for today has been canceled due to inclement weather.

04/16/2026

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04/07/2026

Outdoor Warning Sirens are tested at 10AM on the first Tuesday of each month unless there is a chance for severe weather. Please read the fact sheet below about Outdoor Warning Sirens.

01/27/2026

01/25/2026
9 pm
Chester Fire Department was paged for a vehicle fire at 1215 Swanwick Street. First fire unit on scene found a car with the engine compartment on fire.
Fire was extinguished but car sustained major damage. Fire is under investigation .

01/27/2026

01/25/2026
6:36 am
Chester Fire Department was paged to 2711 State Street in Chester for a structure fire. Chester Police were first on scene and reported a fully involved detacted garage fire threatening to catch the house on fire. Ellis
Grove and Steeleville Fire were called for mutual aid.
First arriving fire units were able to knock the garage fire down before it reached the house. The house received minor damage and the garage was a total loss.
Fire is under investigation but believed to have started by a space heater. This fire was a challenge because of cold weather and the snow storm.
Once again Chester Fire would like to thank the mutual aid departments and Chester Police Department.

01/14/2026

1/13/2026
Call #4
1307 Jefferson Street
Chester Fire was dispatched at 9:27 PM for a report of a structure fire found by the Chester Police Department. Chester Police officers also advised of several small explosions and one bigger one which was the gas line on side of the house. First arriving unit found the back and side of house on fire. Also the ruptured gas line was on fire. Chester Gas Dept was dispatched and assited fireman in turning off gas line. Automatic mutual aid was received from Ellis Grove and Steeleville Fire departments
Fire is under investigation but was believed to of started from an early fire in a fire pit located behind the house. Chester Fire was back in Service at 12:58am. The Chester Fire Department would like to thank the following,
Chester Police Dept
Ellis Grove Fire Dept
Steeleville Fire Dept
Chester Gas Department
Randolph County deputies Randolph Co Dispatchers
Chester Dispatchers
Medstar Ambulance
It's takes a group effort and everyone working together to take care of these type of incidents and to keep everyone safe. Awesome job done by all.
Photo was taken by Mike Lutz

12/30/2025

The Chester Fire Department would like to thank the Ellis Grove, Steeleville, Perryville, and Sparta Fire Departments for all their help on the structure fire on George Street this morning. Also the Chester Police Department, Medstar Ambulance and the Chester Maintenance Department. It was a difficult fire and the cold weather made it even more dangerous. Every one did a great job and we were able to protect the structure on the right side which was on only 5 feet away.
We also want to thank the Chester Dairy Queen for the hot coffee and food.

10/21/2025